Glossary entry (derived from question below)
Polish term or phrase:
spojrzeć jak na kosmitę
English translation:
look at somebody/size sb. up as if they were an alien
Added to glossary by
Darius Saczuk
Apr 6, 2015 14:54
9 yrs ago
Polish term
spojrzeć jak na kosmitę
Polish to English
Other
Idioms / Maxims / Sayings
spojrzeć na kogoś jak na kosmitę/wariata
Proposed translations
(English)
Change log
Apr 6, 2015 14:57: Darius Saczuk changed "Field (specific)" from "Other" to "General / Conversation / Greetings / Letters"
Apr 20, 2015 09:02: Darius Saczuk Created KOG entry
Apr 22, 2015 22:45: Darius Saczuk changed "Field (specific)" from "General / Conversation / Greetings / Letters" to "Idioms / Maxims / Sayings"
Proposed translations
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1 min
Darius Saczuk
United States
United States
Native in Polish
&
English
Specializes in field
United States
The Slanguage Buff
Native in: Polish (Variant: Standard-Poland) 
, English (Variant: US)
Works in: Polish to English, Spanish to English, English, and 4 more.
Related KudoZ points
:
421
Selected
look at somebody/size sb. up as if they were an alien
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Question Reality: An Investigation of ... - Page 79 - Google Books Result
https://books.google.com/books?isbn=1435720598
Victoria Minnich - 2008 - Science
They'll just look at me as if I were an alien from Mars, politely tell me to shut up, and they'll probably think in the back of their minds I should just go down like ...
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Raising Hope - Google Books Result
https://books.google.com/books?isbn=0446520861
Katie Willard - 2007 - Fiction
They didn't answer, just looked at me as if I were an alien trying to make conversation with them in an entirely different language. I stood my ground, though, ...
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Note added at 3 mins (2015-04-06 14:58:31 GMT)
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Question Reality: An Investigation of ... - Page 79 - Google Books Result
https://books.google.com/books?isbn=1435720598
Victoria Minnich - 2008 - Science
They'll just look at me as if I were an alien from Mars, politely tell me to shut up, and they'll probably think in the back of their minds I should just go down like ...
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Note added at 15 mins (2015-04-06 15:10:25 GMT)
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Raising Hope - Google Books Result
https://books.google.com/books?isbn=0446520861
Katie Willard - 2007 - Fiction
They didn't answer, just looked at me as if I were an alien trying to make conversation with them in an entirely different language. I stood my ground, though, ...
4 KudoZ points awarded for this answer.
Comment: "Selected automatically based on peer agreement."
26 mins
Frank Szmulowicz, Ph. D.
United States
United States
Native in Polish
&
English
Works in field
United States
On time, on target, on budget.
Native in: English , Polish
Works in: Polish to English, English to Polish, Russian to Polish, and 1 more.
Related KudoZ points
:
96
look at someone like a mental case/ an escapee from insane asylum/crazier than the Madhatte
crazy series
3 hrs
to look at her/him, like they're from outer space
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To stare at sb like he's from outer space
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To stare at sb like he's from outer space
+1
28 mins
Frank Szmulowicz, Ph. D.
United States
United States
Native in Polish
&
English
Works in field
United States
On time, on target, on budget.
Native in: English , Polish
Works in: Polish to English, English to Polish, Russian to Polish, and 1 more.
Related KudoZ points
:
96
look at someone like a space cadet/ as if they fell off another planet/like they were spaced out
Space series
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space cadet
(slang, derogatory) One who deals with reality in a way consistent with being under the influence of (or "spaced out on") drugs.
(slang, derogatory) One who forgets, daydreams, or otherwise is distracted from reality more often than most.
http://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/space_cadet
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spaced out
lang.
1. dazed or stupefied by narcotic drugs.
2. dreamily or eerily out of touch with reality; disoriented, forgetful, or dazed.
http://www.thefreedictionary.com/spaced-out
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space cadet
(slang, derogatory) One who deals with reality in a way consistent with being under the influence of (or "spaced out on") drugs.
(slang, derogatory) One who forgets, daydreams, or otherwise is distracted from reality more often than most.
http://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/space_cadet
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spaced out
lang.
1. dazed or stupefied by narcotic drugs.
2. dreamily or eerily out of touch with reality; disoriented, forgetful, or dazed.
http://www.thefreedictionary.com/spaced-out
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Peer comment(s):
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Jacek Konopka
: [...] 'as if'.... Maybe that one sound better? IMHO :)
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You are right. I tried to sound slangy. It would gave been better look at me like I were a. It is idiomatic.
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